IPCheck Server Monitor URL directory traversal
| ipcheck-url-directory-traversal (28341) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
IPCheck Server Monitor could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the server. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the Web interface containing encoded "dot dot" sequences, such as (/..../), (%2f..), or (/..%255c), to traverse directories and view any file on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 4.3.1.368
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 4.3.1.382
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 5.1.0.342
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 5.2.0.404
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 5.3.0.508
- Paessler, IPCheck Server Monitor 5.3.2.609
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of IPCheck Server Monitor (5.3.3.643/644 or later), available from the IPCheck Server Monitor Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Aug 10 2006 - 04:20:40 CDT , Directory Traversal vulnerability in IPCheck Monitor Server at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0189.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Aug 24 2006 - 11:33:22 CDT, Re: Directory Traversal vulnerability in IPCheck Monitor Server at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0462.html.
- IPCheck Server Monitor, Version History at http://www.paessler.com/ipcheck/history.
- IPCheck Server Monitor, Paessler | Network monitoring software - IPCheck Server Monitor makes website and network monitoring cost effective and easy. at http://www.paessler.com/ipcheck/.
- BID-19473: IPCheck Server Monitor Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4140: Directory traversal vulnerability in IPCheck Server Monitor before 5.3.3.639/640 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified .. (dot dot) sequences in the URL, including (1) ..%2f (encoded / slash), ..../ (multiple dot), and ..%255c../ (double-encoded \ backslash).
- SA21468: IPCheck Server Monitor Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016676: IPCheck Server Monitor Lets Remote Users Traverse the Directory
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3259: IPCheck Server Monitor Web Interface Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Reported:
Aug 10, 2006
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